World Intellectual Property Day provides a great chance to meet other people from around the world to reflect on how intellectual property contributes to the flourishing of the world art scene and enables technological innovation that drives human progress. In 2000, WIPO member states designated April 26 as World Intellectual Property Day, the day highlighted...
World Cancer Day is an international day marked on 4 February to raise cancer awareness and encourage its prevention, detection, and treatment. World Cancer Day was announced on 4 February 2000 at the World Summit Against Cancer for the New Millennium in Paris. The Paris Charter aims to promote research, prevent cancer, improve patient services,...
Organization: European Commission The time limit for receipt of tenders: 24.02.2023, 16:00 Conditions for opening tenders: 27.02.2023, 10:00 Estimated total value: 400, 000.00 € DG Competition is looking for a motivated and top-quality team including legal, economic and survey technique experts to provide an update of the existing survey-based evidence as regards the scale of...
On November 6th, the UN observes the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict. The day seeks to make people aware of the consequences that war and conflict have on the environment. Loss of life and the destruction of property are obvious consequences of war and armed conflict....
On 25 March 2022, the European Commission and the United States announced that they had reached a Joint Statement on Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework in principle on a new EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. The framework will foster trans-Atlantic data flows and address the concerns raised by the Court of Justice of the European Union in...
As part of the “Consumer Enforcement Package” expected in 2023, the European Commission announced its intent to revise the consumer Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Directive in place since 2013. The three most extensive ADR mechanisms are Negotiation, Mediation, and Arbitration. Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) utilizes the same principles as ADR to settle disputes through an...
On 18 October 2022, the Council of Europe introduced the Knowledge Sharing platform of ECHR as a more sophisticated version of HUDOC, where an up-to-date case law and all essentials can be found as divided into separate Articles. Its mission is to share Convention case-law knowledge with all legal professionals and the general public across...
Short description. On July 25, 2022, Harvard Law School and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) signed an agreement to launch a new joint online course that will examine those roles in depth. Called “PatentX,” the noncredit course will explore all aspects of the relationship between patent law and global public health. PatentX covers core topics...
Open Call // YSEC Yearbook of Socio-Economic Constitutions is pleased to announce a call for submissions for the fourth volume of the Yearbook (2023). Call for contributions to Part I of YSEC Volume IV (2023) on the theme: “LAW AND THE GOVERNANCE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE” The YSEC also welcomes contributions for its general part (Part II) focused on...
Under the European Union and Council of Europe’s joint action “Raising awareness of the Istanbul Convention and other gender equality standards in Azerbaijan”, the latest versions of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) factsheets on violence against women, domestic violence, and gender equality have been translated in Azerbaijani. These factsheets will be distributed to...